The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787/Volume 3/Appendix A/XCIVa
XCIVa. Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser.
Thursday, August 23, 1787.
The punctuality with which the members of the Convention assemble every day at a certain hour, and the long time they spend in the deliberations of each day (sometimes 7 hours) are proofs, among other things how much they are entitled to the universal confidence of the people of America. Such a body of enlightened and honest men perhaps never before met for political purposes in any country upon the face of the earth.